Contract

The Delivery Of Operational Safety Cases for HMNB Clyde

  • Submarine Delivery Agency

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-036559

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0482be

Published 12 November 2024, 12:21pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Submarine Delivery Agency

HMNB Clyde | Faslane | Rm41 Argyle Building

Helensburgh

G84 8HL

Email

chris.macewan100@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKM - Scotland

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/submarine-delivery-agency

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

The Delivery Of Operational Safety Cases for HMNB Clyde

Reference number

711717455

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71300000 - Engineering services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

There is a requirement to establish, and maintain across the project timeframe, a suitably qualified and experienced technical team and deliver a suite of Operational Safety Cases (OSCs) for His Majesty’s Naval Base (Clyde) (HMNB(C)) to Relevant Good Practice (RGP) and within the timescales imposed by the HMNB(C) Dreadnought Readiness Date.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £6,347,443

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Government White Paper published in December 2006 set out the United Kingdom (UK) Government’s intention to retain a minimum assured independent strategic nuclear deterrent for the foreseeable future. This will be fulfilled by the Dreadnought SSBN as the replacement for the V-Class.

Operationally, the Dreadnought Nuclear Powered Warship (NPW) will provide the ‘replacement’ capability for the V-Class NPW rather than providing a ‘new’ capability. Consequently, the expected mission and functional requirements can be assumed to be essentially the same as those of the V-Class NPW. However, the reactor design in Dreadnought is Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) 3 as opposed to PWR2 in V-Class – the change in design of the reactor and its associated systems means that Safety Justifications (SJs) for Dreadnought operations at HMNB(C) may place different requirements to V-Class.

Consequently, there is a requirement to establish, and maintain across the project timeframe, a suitably qualified and experienced technical team and deliver a suite of Operational Safety Cases (OSCs) for His Majesty’s Naval Base (Clyde) (HMNB(C)) to Relevant Good Practice (RGP) and within the timescales imposed by the HMNB(C) Dreadnought Readiness Date.

The suite of OSCs will justify NPW activities undertaken at the HMNB(C) Authorised Site, initially to justify Dreadnought activities and enable HMNB(C) to meet the Dreadnought Readiness Date, and ultimately to update the OSCs to justify Astute and Vanguard Class activities so that the HMNB(C) safety cases for all NPW activities meet RGP.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 85%

Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 15%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Competition was conducting using Crown Commercial Services Construction and Professional Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) RM6242


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-022457


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

711717455

Title

The Delivery of Operational Safety Cases for HMNB Clyde

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

10 November 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 7

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

OCCAM GROUP LTD

1 New Street

Wells

BA5 2LA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK23 - Somerset
National registration number

11986732

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £6,347,443

Total value of the contract/lot: £6,347,443


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This competition was conducted using the Crown Commercial Services Construction & Professional Services DPS - RM6242.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Submarine Delivery Agency Clyde Commercial

HMNB Clyde | Faslane | Rm41 Argyle Building

Helensburgh

G84 8HL

Country

United Kingdom